Magazine razor



Sept. 13, 1932. (1 RODRlGUEs 1,877,429

' MAGAZINE RAZOR Filed Oct. 29, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l i from the stack.

Patented. Sept. 13, 1932 UNITED: STATES V 1,,s77,42e

oczmvios VICTOR .RODRIGUES, or NEW Yum;- RY ASSIG NOR To rivmeaziivnnn IEATIN'G- RAZOR COMPANYQ-OE YORK, Y. Y

MAGAZINE nAzoit 7 Application filed October 29, 1930f Serial 110.491,:343.

This invention relates to a magazine razor in which a stack of blades in the magazine is fed blade by blade into a shaving head. The feeding or transferring of each blade is done by an ejector which moves each blade flatwise into the shaving head. 7

The object of the present invention is to provide a means which is actuated by av partly advanced blade to hold the next succee'ding blade out of the path of travel of the ejector. In this way" the ejector can not pick up a blade until the immediately preceding blade is clear of the stack. This prevents jamming of the ejector or blades by two blades becoming wedged or seated in the aperture through which the blades are passed The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure his a side view of a magazine razor embodying my invention. tion of Figure'l. Figure 3 is a section showing the ejector fully withdrawn. Figure 4 is a similar view with the ejector partly advanced and a blade partly ejected. Figure 5 is a section illustrating the partly advanced blade and the ejector returned to its fully withdrawn position. Figure dis a section showing the ejector partly advanced with a blade partly ejected; Figure 7 is a top view with the face of the razor removed and Figure 8 is a similar view showing the ejector partly pushed in. Figure 9 is a perspective view of a lever used in the illustrated embodiment of the invention. Figure 10 is an enlarged sectional detail of the front end of the magazine in the position shown in Figure 2.

The razor that I have illustrated is the commercial type now in use and comprises a handle 10 and a shavinghead 11 mounted on the post 12. The head is pivoted to the postand has a blade retaining slot 13 which receives a blade from the magazine in the handle when the head 11 is swung to position to receive the blade. The shaving position of the head 11 is shown in dotted outline in ejector.

Figure 1. a

The handle, in this form of razor, is the magazine and is therefore hollow to the ex- Figure 2 is a longitudinal sec-i tent of recievi'ng'a stack of blades 14 The stack isusually arranged in a clip 15 which in tur n is supported in a holder 16. The

holder :16 is slidable in the handle 1 to allow old. clips to be removed and full clips =tobe inserted The handle l7 is operated" to push and pull the'holder in andout of the handle 10. The holder includes a spring 18which' passes} through-1 the open bottomTlQ ofithe clip and forces the stack of blades upwardl-y in fromthe top of the stack. p The transfer of the blades from --the stack is accomplishedloy the ejector120-which slides instheimagazine and has. theend 21 foriits spring18., 4 ,i

.1111 1 feeding a blade the ejector is 'withdrawniasifar as it 'can travel as in Figure 3. The ejector-is halted by the stud; 23 which isejector-2O and against the influencebf the (if? L "order that the blades can be successively fed in the slot 24 in theejector 20. By-sliding the, ejector forward :thetop'blade a in the staekds pushed through the aperture '22 and thus ejected. This is possible as the front endrofi the ejector isjbrought 'back behind-the stackrof blades wheng-the ejector is in the position. shown inFigures'3 and'7. v

- I'I f, however, a blade is 'intransit or :it' is partly ejected itengages a lever25 pivoted. intermediate'itsends, as at 26 in the top wall of ithe magazine, under which the ejector tendsbeyond'the front ofithestack and close up to the inner end ofthe aperture 22. 'The rear:eiidz28 of the lever is arranged to bear on the next top blade I) of the stack to hold it, down out of the path of travel of the.

The blade a, partly ejected, (Figure 4), forces up the end 27 of the lever and this causes the end 28 of the lever to push slides. Thelfront end 27 of the lever 25' eX- razor in advance of the stack and not in the.

v down on the stack (Figure 5) and the ejector does not pick up the next blade I; on its return stroke.

-The end 28 is preferably provided with a projection 29 which acts as an anti-friction or wedging member to allow the ejector to pass forwardly and engage again the partly ejected blade or and complete the ejection.

The razor is thus insured against jamming I and'a-blade can not be picked up by the fully 1 retracted ejector so long as a blade is in the aperture 22. v 1

' Various changes can be made in the disposition and form of the parts Without de-" parting from the scope of the invention," 7

1, A magazine razor comprisinga, maga-e zine for blades,;an ejector for'feeding blades blades'inthe magazine wherebya blade when advanced depresses the remaining blades 1 out of the path of travel of the ejector. i

2. Ajmagazine razor comprising a magazine for holding a stack of'blades, a sliding successively from themagazine, a leverhav 111g; one end slightly in advance of blades in the magazine and its "other endabove the ejector for transferring a blade from the stack, leverjplvoted intermediate its end and having one end in advance of the stack andithei other end above.- the stack whereby the ejectoror a blade in advance of the stack will cause the saidadvanoed'end of the lever to'rise and thus cause the other end to hold the'topblade of the stack out of the path of travel of theejector. Y

3. A magazine for a stack of razor blades comprising a holder fora stackofblades, an

ejector slidable above the holder to :successively advance vblades from the stack, the magazlne havlng an aperture for the passage of an advanced blade, a lever hinged at its central part with one end in advance of the stack and its other end over the stack, said latter end having a depressed part for en-- gagement with the stack. r

4. A magazine razor comprising a maga zine for a stack of blades and a casing having an aperture for the exit of a single blade, an

' ejector for endwise ejection of the blades one by one, and means extendingfrom a point 1n;

advance of the stack and to a point over-the; stack, said means being operable at its advanced. endby a blade to depress'the stack ofblades to lowerthe top blade out of the path of travel of the ejector, and spring m a s for resiliently seating the stack of" V blades-in engageable position'whenthe de- 7 pressing means is inoperative.-

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